SCO Forum examines cooperation after COVID-19

A high-level event in Vienna examined digital drug markets and cooperation between the SCO and UN agencies. It joined the organisation's security agenda to emerging online technologies.

Ministers called for coordinated multilateral action, cooperation with the WHO, and special attention to developing countries facing pandemic-related economic harm. They also proposed a joint regional...

SCO experts and health officials coordinated a draft plan for joint action against epidemic threats and discussed cooperation on plague prevention. The process built on the 2018 framework and informed...

Ministers in Moscow addressed the summit agenda, pandemic response, digital economy and multilateral cooperation. The meeting was one of the main in-person diplomatic preparations for the online...

The 15th meeting considered information security, counterterrorism coordination and the epidemic action plan. The agenda shows how public health was incorporated into the SCO's broader security...

The coordinators prepared the Moscow Declaration, epidemic plan, rural digital cooperation concept and statements on information security, drugs, COVID-19 and the 75th anniversary of victory over...

The tenth meeting of heads of competent drug-control agencies met by videoconference and reviewed a draft statement on the drug threat. It continued a long-running security policy through the pandemic...

The leaders met online under Russia's chairmanship, with observer-state leaders and the UN Secretary-General also participating. The format reflected the pandemic while keeping the annual summit...

The declaration reaffirmed sovereignty, civilisational diversity, the UN Charter and cooperation across security, trade and culture. Such language articulated autonomy from Western-led hierarchies,...

The summit approved a comprehensive plan for member states to counter regional epidemic threats. It proposed coordination and joint work after COVID-19 had exposed the consequences of uneven health...